Revelation 12:12–13:1

¹²Rejoice then, you heavens

and those who dwell in them!

But woe to the earth and the sea,

for the devil has come down to you

with great wrath

because he knows that his time is short!”^*

The Dragon Fights Again on Earth

¹³So when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued^k the woman who had delivered the male child. ¹⁴But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle, so that she could fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to her place where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.^{* 15}Then from his mouth the serpent poured water like a river after the woman, to sweep her away with the flood.^{* 16}But the earth came to the help of the woman; it opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth. ¹⁷Then the dragon was angry with the woman and went off to wage war on the rest of her children, those who keep the commandments of God and hold the testimony of Jesus.^*

The First Beast

¹⁸Then the dragon^l took his stand on the sand of the seashore.

¹³And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, and on its horns were ten diadems, and on its heads were blasphemous names.^*